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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
1GYEK63NX2R••••••2002 Cadillac ESCALADE
That is about average for the 2002 Cadillac ESCALADE — 3 complaints per build across 25 builds.
5on this build
87on the model
25builds in total
Most reportedService Brakes 3Hydraulic 2Suspension 1Equipment 1
What owners of this build wrote
Service BrakesJan 2025
Purchased this vehicle from a friend who was inherited from his father’s estate. He hadn’t driven the vehicle for sometime. When meeting up at the DMV to transfer ownership he noticed that the brakes were spongy. And purchased some brake fluid in case the fluid was low. Neither…
EngineJan 2013
Upon the recent development of a loud "ticking" noise when starting my 2002 escalade 6.0 AWD, I immediately brought the truck into my local shop for diagnostics. A quick inspection found missing and rusted exhaust manifold bolts on the driver side of my engine, causing an…
SuspensionAug 2004
While driving vehicle vibrated uncontrollably. Consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle, and drove it to the dealer for inspection. Mechanic stated that a problem existed, but solution had not been determined at this time
Service BrakesFeb 2005
ABS system activated at slow speeds (<10mph). Resulted in braking chatter, brake pedal coming up and being hard to depress. The extended stopping distance caused driver to use emergency braking to avoid collisions with vehicles at lights and intersections. Initially fixed as…
Service BrakesJun 2002
Brakes are squealing and grinding. Stopping distance has not increased. Currently no light have illuminated as showing a problem. Dealer was notified of problem. Please provide more information
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1GYEK63NX2R156579 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.